-Lindsay Lohan out on $75,000 bond after 5 hours in jail
-Marc Anthony wants JLo to gain weight
-Florida woman finds six foot alligator in house
-Sheen gets dumped by "Goddess" in text message
-The Royal Wedding is in full force too, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Nothing of the four Soldiers killed and 11 wounded in Afghanistan on 22 April.
Nothing on the two Troopers killed in Iraq three days ago either.
And nothing mentioned about the eight guys killed in Afghanistan on 16 April.
Over 160,000 Soldiers spent another Christian holiday in a muslim country. Hope you had a good Easter.
We have been in Afghanistan for 3,485 days. Operation New Dawn has been chugging for 234 days. (Did anyone even know we changed the name from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn?) Operation Iraqi Freedom lasted over seven years = over 2,555 days.
I'm neither a Bush or Obama fan or critic, but it sure seems like America's wars have been placed on the back burner since Obama came in. In his State of the Union address in January, Iraq wasn't mentioned, and Afghanistan was mentioned I think once.
Regardless of your opinion on the wars, we are still here, and we are still fighting it, we are still making the difference we can make, until someone tells us we are done. So say hi to a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine and tell them thanks. Get involved, give to the USO, or just be grateful to have what we have in the US because 1% continues to sacrifice for the benefit of the other 99%. Or, write your politician and express your opinion.
Just don't take it for granted.
Sorry, had to vent.
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